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SRI International and NEDO Collaborate to Accelerate Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Technology Commercialization for Japan
June 18, 2013

SRI International and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) launch a technology commercialization accelerator program for promising R&D teams in Japan.

Topics: Economic and Technical Analysis
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Study Finds Beginning Teachers in California Face a Bumpy Path to a Teaching Career
May 20, 2013

California state policies designed to promote and enhance the effectiveness of beginning teachers fail to match employment realities. Most significantly, beginning teachers often do not get the support they critically need to be effective in the classroom.

Topics: Case Studies in Education School Improvement School Improvement: Curriculum and Instruction Teacher Quality and Learning
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SRI International Provides Vision for Incorporating Big Data into Education Research to Enhance Digital Learning
May 6, 2013

Jeremy Roschelle, Ph.D., co-director of SRI’s Center for Technology in Learning, highlighted how education researchers can best leverage the vast amount of data about online learning that is now available for their studies.

Topics: Assessment Design and Evaluation Evaluation Planning and Design Learning Technologies Research on Learning
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SRI International to Launch Center for Innovative Research in Cyberlearning in Cooperation with the National Science Foundation
April 25, 2013

SRI will launch and manage a new Center for Innovative Research in Cyberlearning (CIRCL) to maximize the potential of NSF-funded projects in cyberlearning, an emerging field that integrates technology and learning sciences insights to improve education.

Topics: 21st Century Skills School Improvement Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education
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Metabolic Pathways Collection at SRI International the Largest in the World
April 24, 2013

Much of the known information about metabolism is now consolidated in MetaCyc, SRI's collection of metabolic reactions and the enzymes that catalyze them.

Topics: Artificial Intelligence Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Drug Discovery
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Sareum and SRI International Announce Agreement to Advance Development of Tyrosine Kinase 2 Inhibitors for Treatment of Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases
April 22, 2013

Combining SRI’s expertise in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases with Sareum’s experience in compound design, researchers will advance development of Tyrosine Kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitors for treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

Topics: Disease Focus Areas Drug Development Drug Discovery Immunology and Inflammation
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Innovating the Future: SRI International Executives Curt Carlson and Bill Mark in Conversation at Computer History Museum’s Revolutionaries Speaker Series
April 15, 2013

SRI International executives Curt Carlson and Bill Mark will join New York Times reporter John Markoff in conversation at the Computer History Museum’s Revolutionaries Speaker Series on Wednesday, April 17.

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Drive-Up Biometric System from SRI International Sarnoff Wins New Product Showcase Award at ISC West 2013
April 11, 2013

SRI International Sarnoff’s Iris on the Move® (IOM) PassThru™ drive-up identification system was named Best in Biometrics, Identification and Credentialing by the Security Industry Association (SIA) New Product Showcase (NPS) at ISC West 2013.

Topics: Border Security Counter-Terrorism Force Protection Homeland Security and National Defense Sensors
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SRI International Sarnoff Introduces Iris on the Move® Drive-Up Biometric System at ISC West 2013
April 10, 2013

SRI International Sarnoff brings the security of iris recognition to drive-up applications with its new Iris on the Move® (IOM) PassThru™ system. This multimodal biometric product quickly captures face and iris images for accurate identity authentication at the perimeter of any location.

Topics: Border Security Counter-Terrorism Force Protection Homeland Security and National Defense Sensors
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SRI International Begins Final Development of Commercial Trusted Mobility Devices for U.S. Marine Corps
April 5, 2013

SRI has begun the final phase of a U.S. Marine Corps contract to develop and commercialize multiple-personality mobile devices. The goal of the Trusted Handheld program is to solve problems that arise when personal mobile devices are used for business purposes.

Topics: Homeland Security and National Defense Mobile Device Applications

SRI In the News

Study Finds Obtaining Tenure for New Teachers Difficult
KQED News  |  June 6, 2013

Listen to reporter Stephanie Martin speaking with Daniel Humphrey, director of the Center for Education Policy at SRI International about the difficulty facing new California teachers looking for tenure.

Topics: Case Studies in Education School Improvement School Improvement: Curriculum and Instruction Teacher Quality and Learning
When Will Mental Illness Be Diagnosed With a Lab Test?
KQED Science  |  June 4, 2013

Scientists are developing methods for detecting mental illness through biomarkers such as blood enzymes and speech patterns.

Topics: Biomarkers
Sandia, SRI International Sign Pact to Advance Hydrogen Gas Research
R&D Magazine  |  May 30, 2013

Sandia National Laboratories and SRI will join forces to explore, test and evaluate a broad range of hydrogen and natural gas fuel systems and components for transportation applications under a new agreement.

Topics: Biofuels and Bioproducts Energy and Sustainability Energy Efficiency
Cassidy: SRI International is an Innovation Powerhouse Trying to Rise Above the Noise of Apple, Google and Facebook
San Jose Mercury News  |  May 24, 2013

The folks at SRI have literally painted the walls with excerpts of glowing news stories about SRI's place in the innovation economy.

iOS-Only Smart Calendar Tempo Gets Improved Support for Gmail and Enhanced Event Sharing
The Next Web  |  May 22, 2013

Tempo, a smart calendar mobile app, has released an update bringing improved controls around event scheduling and communication to its users.

What the Future Looks Like Inside the Lab that Brought us Siri, the Mouse, and the Internet Itself
The Next Web  |  May 19, 2013

Robert Scoble, Startup Liaison Officer at Rackspace, is working on a book with Shel Israel about the how sensors, wearable computers, and other technologies will change our future, titled “Age of Context.” That got them invited to visit SRI International, Silicon Valley’s most important lab.

Topics: Cancer Drug Discovery
Carbon vs. Carbon
CryoGas International  |  May 13, 2013

For the Department of Energy, ATMI and SRI are co-developing a system to capture and recycle post-combustion carbon dioxide, such as is found in flue gas exhaust at coal-fired power plants.

Topics: Carbon Capture and Separation Energy and Sustainability Energy Efficiency
How Desti Is Training Your iPad To Be Romantic And Fun
Huffington Post  |  April 25, 2013

Desti’s iPad application, launched last fall under the same name, lets people ask questions as if they were posing them to another person, and it answers using artificial intelligence technology that can glean meaning from online reviews.

Topics: Artificial Intelligence
Computer History Museum Presents SRI: Innovating the Future
KQED  |  April 24, 2013

(SRI) International's pioneering contributions to computing are legendary, from the invention of the computer mouse and interactive computing in the 1960s, to the first internetworked and wireless connections in the 1970s.

SRI International focuses on digital learning in St. Petersburg
Tampa Bay Times  |  April 20, 2013

The Helios Education Foundation has awarded $1 million to the research institute SRI International to create a Center for Digital Learning. The center is to be housed at SRI, whose offices are at 450 Eighth Ave. SE in downtown St. Petersburg.

Events

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Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) 2012
Las Vegas, NV  |  August 7, 2012

SRI will demonstrate end-to-end video processing, exploitation, and dissemination solutions for unmanned air and ground vehicles.

Topics: 3D and Virtual Environments Border Security Counter-Terrorism Force Protection Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
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Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS)
New Orleans, LA  |  August 27, 2012

SRI will showcase Generalized Emulation of Microcircuits (GEM) technology, which provides a permanent solution to obsolescence.

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Biometrics Consortium Conference & Technology Expo (BCC) 2012
Tampa, FL  |  September 18, 2012

SRI will be demonstrating its family of easy-to-use, indoor/outdoor biometric identification solutions. These products enable fast, accurate identity verification for access control—delivering unprecedented security without compromising throughput or ease of use.

Topics: Border Security Force Protection Homeland Security and National Defense
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Cafe Scientifique Silicon Valley @ SRI: Changing Climate - Changing Nature
SRI Menlo Park - International Building  |  October 9, 2012

Terry Root, Ph.D., a senior fellow at Woods Institute and professor by courtesy in biology at Stanford University, will speak on "Changing Climate: Changing Nature."

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United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Symposium (GEOINT)
Orlando, FL  |  October 8, 2012

Demonstrating software and systems for the processing and exploitation of video, imagery, wide-area airborne surveillance, and LIDAR.

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Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting & Exposition
Washington, DC  |  October 22, 2012

Showcasing end-to-end solutions for force protection. SRI is demonstrating field-proven products for real-time vision processing, video exploitation, and identity verification.

Topics: Counter-Terrorism Force Protection Homeland Security and National Defense Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Training Systems
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Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)
Hollywood, CA  |  October 23, 2012

SRI will be demonstrating its unique video test patterns that do not require a reference signal or dedicated test equipment. These easy-to-interpret tools allow users to validate their signal processing quickly.

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Biometrics Conference and Exhibition 2012 (UK)
London, England  |  October 30, 2012

SRI will be demonstrating its family of easy-to-use, indoor/outdoor biometric identification solutions. These products enable fast, accurate identity verification for access control—delivering unprecedented security without compromising throughput or ease of use.

Topics: Border Security Counter-Terrorism Homeland Security and National Defense
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Content and Communications World (CCW)
New York, NY  |  November 14, 2012

SRI will be demonstrating its unique video test patterns that do not require a reference signal or dedicated test equipment. These easy-to-interpret tools allow users to validate their signal processing quickly.

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Airport Exchange 2012
Amsterdam, Netherlands  |  November 26, 2012

SRI will be demonstrating its family of easy-to-use, indoor/outdoor biometric identification solutions. These products enable fast, accurate identity verification for access control—allowing aviation authorities to accelerate screening processes while increasing overall safety.

Topics: Border Security Counter-Terrorism Homeland Security and National Defense

Podcasts

Ximena Dominguez
Social Development Key to Early Learning Success
January 31, 2013

Learn how positive behavior can affect children's learning and why teachers should pay special attention to help overactive and shy kids engage in the classroom.

Topics: Behavioral Health Early Childhood Educational Impact Evaluation School Improvement: Student Success
Steve Samuelsson
Microscopy Solutions for Drug Discovery and Development
January 7, 2013

Steve Samuelsson discusses the importance of morphology and imaging to the drug discovery and development process.

Topics: Drug Development Microscopy and Imaging
Mike Piacentino
Video Processing on UAVs: More Situational Awareness for Warfighters
December 18, 2012

In this podcast, Michael Piacentino, technical director of the Vision Technologies business unit in SRI International’s Information and Computing Sciences Division, discusses the value of airborne video processing on UAV’s and the technology solutions in development at SRI.

Topics: Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Sensors
Raymond McGhee
Can New AP Courses Impact Student Interest in Science Careers?
November 13, 2012

SRI’s Ray McGhee discusses a new study examining inquiry-based Advanced Placement (AP) science courses.

Topics: 21st Century Skills Educational Impact Evaluation School Improvement: Curriculum and Instruction School Improvement: Student Success Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education
Teddy Kumar
Augmented Reality: Mixing the Virtual with the Real for Improved Training
September 28, 2012

In this podcast, SRI's Teddy Kumar, Ph.D., discusses how augmented reality is emerging into the marketplace, and why there is so much interest in using it on smartphones and emerging eyewear.

Topics: 3D and Virtual Environments Computer Vision Force Protection
Donna Spiker
Early Childhood Development Key to Academic Success and Well-Being
August 17, 2012

Child development from birth to third grade is critical to skills that are built later in life. In this podcast, Donna Spiker, Ph.D., program manager in SRI's Center for Education and Human Services explains how SRI researchers work to promote the healthy development of young children.

Topics: 21st Century Skills Early Childhood School Improvement: Student Success
John Shockley
Virtual Education and Job Training: A New Platform for Immersive Learning Experiences
July 31, 2012

In this podcast, hear how NTER’s open-source platform enables online training and education through 3D immersive content, making it easy and inexpensive to build state-of-the-art learning experiences.

Topics: 21st Century Skills 3D and Virtual Environments Community College: Transitions Software Engineering
Vinay K. Chaudri
Can Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge-Based Reasoning Improve Textbooks?
June 12, 2012

Digital textbooks can provide a more engaging learning experience, especially for students who may otherwise be left behind.

Topics: Artificial Intelligence Learning Technologies Out-of-School Learning

Videos

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Learn about SRI, an independent, nonprofit research institute headquartered in Silicon Valley. Innovations from SRI have saved and improved lives and have created entire new industries.

Acadia Real-Time Video Stabilization Demo

SRI Acadia Stabilization Demo

Topics: Border Security Force Protection Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
IOM Self-Enrollment Biometric Kiosk Demo with Mark Clifton

IOM Self-Enrollment Kiosk Demo at ISC West

Topics: Border Security Counter-Terrorism Homeland Security and National Defense
IOM N-Glance Biometric System Demo with Mark Clifton

IOM N-Glance Demo at ISC West

Topics: Border Security Homeland Security and National Defense
IOM RapID-Cam II Handheld Biometric System Demo

IOM RapID-Cam II Demo

Topics: Border Security Counter-Terrorism Force Protection Homeland Security and National Defense
IOM PassThru Biometric System Demo with Mark Clifton

IOM PassThru Demo at ISC West

Topics: Border Security Homeland Security and National Defense
IOM PassThru Drive-Up Biometric System Demo

SRI IOM PassThru

Topics: Border Security Counter-Terrorism Force Protection Homeland Security and National Defense Sensors
Acadia ILS-5000-SD Video Stabilization Demo

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Inquire Digital Textbook

SRI is developing a system that uses artificial intelligence to answer questions and solve problems in a range of scientific disciplines.

Topics: Artificial Intelligence Learning Technologies
Video: InnovaTE3: Girls Innovating with Technology as Entrepreneurial Environmental Engineers

The InnovaTE3 curriculum uses a cradle-to-cradle paradigm (rather than cradle to grave) to intrigue and challenge high school girls to develop ecologically sustainable innovations.

Topics: Assessment Design and Evaluation Evaluation Planning and Design Learning Technologies Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education

Publications

A noise robust i-vector extractor using vector taylor series for speaker recognition
May, 2013

We propose a novel approach for noise-robust speaker recognition, where the model of distortions caused by additive and convolutive noises is integrated into the i-vector extraction framework.

Topics: Speech, Language, and Audio
California’s Beginning Teachers: the Bumpy Path to a Profession
May, 2013

This study addresses education policies that affect beginning teachers in California—induction, clear credentialing, evaluation, and tenure.

Topics: Case Studies in Education School Improvement School Improvement: Curriculum and Instruction Teacher Quality and Learning
Articulatory Trajectories for Large-Vocabulary Speech Recognition
May, 2013

We present a neural network model to estimate articulatory trajectories from speech signals where the model was trained using synthetic speech signals generated by Haskins Laboratories’ task-dynamic model of speech production.Acoustic Modeling for Automatic Speech Recognition.

Topics: Speech, Language, and Audio
On the Applicability of Speaker Diarization to Audio Indexing of Non-Speech and Mixed Non-Speech/Speech Video
International Journal of Multimedia Data Engineering and Management (IJMDEM)  |  April, 2013

International Journal of Multimedia Data Engineering and Management (IJMDEM). A video’s soundtrack is usually highly correlated to its content. Hence, audio-based techniques have recently emerged as a means for video concept detection complementary to visual analysis.

Topics: Research and Development Programs Speech, Language, and Audio
Expanding Access to STEM-Focused Education: What Are the Effects?
April, 2013

Private foundations and education policy groups are addressing changing demographic trends and differences in subgroup STEM participation rates by creating a new type of specialized secondary school designed to inspire, engage, and educate as broad a population as possible in STEM-related fields.

Topics: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education
Special Education Services Received by Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders from Preschool Through High School
Journal of Special Education  |  April, 2013

Using three national data sets, this study examined the age trends in special education services received by students with Autism Spectrum Disorders from preschool through high school.

Topics: Behavioral Health Policy Analysis Research on Learning School Improvement School Improvement: Curriculum and Instruction School Improvement: Student Success Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Special Education/Disability Statistical Analysis
β-Carotene Biosynthesis in Probiotic Bacteria
Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins  |  March, 2013

Susceptibility to deadly diarrheal diseases is partly due to widespread pediatric vitamin A deficiency. To increase vitamin A coverage in malnourished children, we propose to engineer a probiotic bacterium that will produce β-carotene in the intestine, which will be metabolized to vitamin A.

Topics: Immunology and Inflammation Infectious Diseases Proteomics
DRAFT: Promoting Grit, Tenacity, and Perseverance—Critical Factors for Success in the 21st Century
February, 2013

How can we best prepare children and adolescents to thrive in the 21st century—an era of achievement gaps that must be closed for the benefit of everyone in society, rapidly evolving technology, demanding and collaborative STEM knowledge work, changing workforce needs, and economic volatility?

Topics: 21st Century Skills Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education
R-MASTIF: Robotic Mobile Autonomous System for Threat Interrogation and Object Fetch
February, 2013

Autonomous robotic “fetch” operation, where a robot is shown a novel object and then asked to locate it in the field, re- trieve it and bring it back to the human operator, is a challenging problem that is of interest to the military.

Topics: Computer Vision Counter-Terrorism Robotics
Algorithms for Geodesics
Journal of Geodesy  |  January, 2013

Journal of Geodesy: Algorithms for the computation of geodesics on an ellipsoid of revolution are given.

Topics: Computational Materials and Devices Computer Vision

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